Replaceable pocket and method for applying the same



April 1952 E. L. FROHMAN 2,591,059

REPLACEABLE POCKET AND METHOD FOR APPLYING THE SAME Filed June 11. 19492 SI-lEETSSI-1EET 1 ATTORNEY April 2 E. L. FROHMAN 2,591,059

REPLACEABLE POCKET AND METHOD FOR APPLYING THE SAME Filed June 11. 19492 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented Apr. 1, 1952 REPLACEABLE POCKET AND METHOD FORAPPLYING THE SAME Ernest L. Frohman, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

Application June 11, 1949, SerialNo. 98,544

7 Claims.

This invention relates to a replacement pocket and method of preparingand installing replacement pockets.

My invention is concerned with the provision of a replacement pocket forapparel, such as mens trousers, which may be sold as a unit in notionsdepartments, so that individuals may without an sewing operations, makea replacement for a torn pocket quickly and facilely.

My invention more specifically has for its object the provision of areplaceable pocket, together with a guide and method of replacementwhich will facilitate the labor of making replacements.

My invention is predicated upon the provision of a method of cutting theremnant of a pocket and employing this remannt as an anchoring means fora prepared pocket. Specifically, my invention provides a method ofcutting a torn pocket to leave a remnant of predetermined outline andsupplying a prepared pocket having congruently arranged attaching meanswhereby the replacement pocket and remnant are attached to each otherquickly, facilel and without any folds, bulges or wrinkles.

Still more specifically it is contemplated by my invention to provide areplacement pocket in which a preformed pocket has an entrance edgehaving attaching means of predetermined contour which conforms to aprepared, congruently outlined remnant of an old pocket in. the garmentwhereby the replacement is to be made whereby quick assembly of thedeplacement pocket to the remnant of the old pocket may be effected,without special tailoring training or sewing operations.

To attain these objects and such further objects as may appear herein,or be hereinafter pointed out, I make reference to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating one stage of the method with a pair of trousers, partlybroken away to disclose details;

Figure 2- is a magnified perspective view of a second stage of theprocess;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the replacement pocket in accordancewith one form of my invention;

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the replacement effected to theremnant of the old pocket;

Figure 5 is a magnified section taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the prepared pocket in accordance withanother embodiment of my invention.

Summarizing my invention, I intend to provide a replacement pocket and areplacement guiding device whereby the labor of replacing torn pocketsfor trousers and like garments may be accomplished without any specialtailoring training and, in its preferred form, without any sewingoperation and involving merely cutting for the preparation of a remnantof the old pocket to correlate a remnant of the original torn pocketwith congruently arranged fastening means of 24 replacement pocket, sothat the labor of substitution of a predeterminedly shaped pocket may befacilitated.

Making reference to the drawing, I show a pair of trousers It) in whichthe pocket Ii, having a torn bottom 12, is illustrated as one to bereplaced. Initially, I provide a semi-rigid guide pattern card I3 ofcardboard, oaktag, and like semi-rigid or stiff foldable material, whichmay be fitted into the pocket slot or mouth l4 between the upper tackingstay 15 and the lower tacking stay l6 which reinforces the pocketopening. The guide pattern card is provided with an upper slit IT and alower slit I8 to hold the cutting pattern branches l9 and 20 within theold pocket and to position the guiding edges 2|, 22, 23 and 24 inrelatively fixed position while stretching or tautening the mouth l4 ofthe pocket. It may be found necessary to partially fold the guide I3 inorder to insert it into locking position, as will be readilyappreciated.

With the guide pattern card 13 in position and distended to lie fiatadjacent the waistband and in opposed relation thereto, the trousers arenow turned inside out, as shown in part in Figure 2, to makeaccessiblethe front face 25 and the rear face 26 of the old pocket. Inthis position, the old pocket is cut away along the pattern guidesprovided by the edges 2!, 22, 23, and 24, to provide edges 21, 28, 29and 3!) for the front face 25 of the pocket and to provide edges 3|, 32,33 and 34 for the rear edge 26 of the old pocket. The two remnant facesof the old pocket are thereby congruent to the pattern segments [9 and20 extended to the interior of the pocket.

For the trouser construction just prepared, I provide 'a replacementpocket 35 in which a single piece of fabric is folded along the foldline 36, hemmed or zig-zag stitched along a curvilinear line 37, toleave co-terminous edges 38 and 39 of the layers 40 and 4! open, toleave edges #52 and 43 disconnected. Bottom edges 44 and 55 as well asside edges 46 and 41 are left unattached, to extend a section of thefront and rear faces 40 and M of the pocket for a distance which willoverlap the remnants 25 and 26 0f the pocket.

Spaced inwardly from the overlapping edges 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, and 45, Iprovide locking flaps 48, 49 and 50 on the front face 4| of the pocketand correspondingly positioned locking flaps 5|, 52 and 53 on the rearlayer 40, by stitch lines 54 and 55 which follow the contour of theedges 2|, 22, 23 and 24 of the pattern. In the section defined betweenthe rows of stitches and the edges of the replacement pocket previouslydescribed, I affix complementarily attached fastening elements 55 and5?. In the embodiment illustrated, the fastening element 56 may be thefemale portion of a snap or glove fastener which may be attached to thepocket fabric by sewing, stapling, climbing or any other of the knownmethods for attachment. The male portion 51 may be provided with a head58 which is pointed and has fabric piercing qualities.

With the construction of pocket as described and the remnant of theoriginal pocket of the garment arranged as shown in Figure 2, the frontpanel P being turned back to expose the pocket on the back panel B, thereplacement pocket is aflixed to the remnants 25 and 26 by Sliding theedges 38-39, 42-43, 4Lll5, t64l to lie between the pattern is and theopposed remnant, as more clearly shown in Figure 5. The free edges ofthe remnants 2?, 28, 29 and 39 of the upper section 25 and the freeedges 3!, 32, 33 and 34 of the lower segment 26 will be positionedconformingly to the rows of stitches 5d and 55, respectively, and inclose proximity thereto. In this position, the locking flaps A8, 59 and55 are overlapped to pierce the heads 58 of the male fasteners throughthe remnant underlying the same and into engagement with the femalefastener 55 underlying the remnant, while bearing upon the semi-rigidpattern guide l3. Similarly, the tabs 5 i, 52 and 53 are attached toengage the remnant 25. Upon completion of the attachment, the patternguide 13 is removed and the operation is completed by inverting thetrousers, to bring the panel P into normal position.

In Figure 6 I have shown the pocket construction 35 with the flaps 58,4E, and 5G for the face 41 before applying the locking fastening means,it being understood that other fastening means than snap fasteners maybe complementarily positioned on the flaps 49, 49 and 50 and those whichare correspondingly applied to the rear surface 56 to effect the quickattachment along predeterminedly prepared remnants of the old pocket byother attaching means. It is contemplated by my invention to sandwichthe remnant of the old pocket between a conformingly shaped overlap ofthe replacement pocket and a locking tab or flap constituting thesections 48, 49 and 55, so that no other preparation of the old pocketis necessary than to out the same along the pattern guide outline l3, toleave a remnant of an outline congruent with the prepared replacementpocket.

By the process described, and with the expedients illustrated, a novelreplacement pocket and method of attaching is afforded, avoiding theneed for skilled tailoring operations or sewing operations by the use ofthe fastening elements described.

It will be understood that by the employment of a semi-rigid patternguide in the position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, replacement ofparts may be quickly eifected with a construction such as shown inFigure 6, even by a hand sewing operation as the unskilled are therebysupplied with a tautening assembly of the parts to be attached togetherto assure a smooth and workmanlike job.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In the method of making a replacement of pockets in trousers or thelike which involves cutting out the old torn pocket and replacement by anew pocket by attachment of the same to a remnant, the steps whichinclude anchoring a pattern guide of semi-rigid material in the pocketmouth to stretch the mouth of the pocket and severing the old pocket inthe stretched condition of the fabric along the guide, to leave aremnant congruent to said guide and before separating the pattern guideattaching the new pocket to the remnant held in the stretched positionby the pattern guide,

2. In the method of making a replacement of pockets in trousers or thelike which involves cutting out the old torn pocket and replacement by anew pocket by attachment of the same to a remnant, the steps whichinclude anchoring a pattern guide in the pocket mouth to stretch themouth of the pocket to the shape of the guide and severing the oldpocket in the stretched condition of the fabric along the guide, toleave a remnant congruent to the edges of said guide, and while in thestretched condition as aforesaid overlapping a prepared pocket having anopen mouth, the adjacent edges whereof have overlapping flaps carryinglocking means arranged congruently to the remnants and affixing theremnants between the replacement pocket and the locking flaps.

3. In the art of replacing worn pockets by preformed pockets whichinvolves cutting out the old torn pocket and replacement by a new pocketby attachment of the same to a remnant, the steps which includeattaching a semi-rigid pattern guide to the garment mouth by anchoringslits formed in the guide to each side of the portion projecting intothe mouth of the garment pocket, sliding the guide to extend the fabricat the garment mouth into the slits of the guide and severing the pocketalong a pattern guide to leave a remnant of predetermined outline, andbefore separating the pattern guide from the anchored position attachingthe new pocket to the remnant held in the stretched position by thepattern guide.

4. A replacement pocket for attachment to a remnant of a pocket cut to apredetermined outline so as to have the remnant conform substantially toand project from the edge around the mouth of the pocket comprising, incombination, a partially formed pocket including a mouth portion havingattaching edges conforming substantially to the edge of the remnant ofthe cutaway portion around the mouth of the pocket, said attaching edgeshaving overlying locking flaps affixed adjacent each of said edges alonglines congruent with the remnant as outlined and forming between theedges of the replacement pocket and flaps bifurcation slots into whichthe remnant may fit.

5. A replacement pocket for attachment to a remnant of a pocket cut to apredetermined outline so as to have the remnant conform substantially toand project from the edge around the mouth of the pocket comprising, incombination, a partially formed pocket including a mouth portion havingattaching edges conforming substantially to the edge of the remnant ofthe cutaway portion around the mouth of the pocket,

said attaching edges having overlying locking flaps affixed adjacenteach of said edges along lines congruent with the remnant as outlinedand forming between the edges of the replacement pocket and flapsbifurcation slots into which the remnant may fit, said locking flaps andattaching edges having complementary attaching elements in opposedposition on said flaps and attaching edges.

6. A replacement pocket for attachment to a remnant of a pocket cut to apredetermined outline so as to have the remnant conform substantially toand project from the edge around the mouth of the pocket comprising, incombination, a partially formed pocket including a mouth portion havingattaching edges conforming substantially to the edge of the remnant ofthe cutaway portion around the mouth of the pocket, said attaching edgeshaving overlying locking flaps afiixed adjacent each of said edges alonglines congruent with the remnant as outlined and forming between theedges of the replacement pocket and flaps bifurcation slots into whichthe remnant may fit, said locking flaps and attaching edges havingcomplementary attaching elements in opposed position on said flaps andattaching edges, comprising snap fasteners including male and femalemembers.

7. A replacement pocket for attachment to a remnant of a pocket cut to apredetermined outline so as to have the remnant conform substantially toand project from the edge around the mouth of the pocket comprising, incombination, a partially formed pocket including a mouth portion havingattaching edges conformin substantially to the edge of the remnant ofthe cutaway portion around the mouth of the pocket, said attaching edgeshaving overlying locking flaps affixed adjacent each of said edges alonglines congruent with the remnant as outlined and forming between theedges of the replacement pocket and flaps bifurcation slots into whichthe remnant may fit, said locking flaps and attachillg edges havingcomplementary attaching elements in opposed position on said flaps andattaching edges, comprising snap fasteners including male and femalemembers, each of the male members having fabric piercing heads.

ERNEST L. FROHMAN.

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